,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #degd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #bg1      
#bjai,mr4 ,ruiz 7for himself1 ,mr4      
,castro of ,texas1 and ,mr4 ,bilirakis7 
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,veterans' ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 
to provide for a presumption of service 
connection for certain diseases in      
veterans who were exposed to burn pits4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,veterans' ,right to ,breathe   
,act4  #b4 ,presumption of service      
connection for certain diseases in      
veterans who were exposed to burn pits  
7a7 ,in general ,section #aaab of title 
#ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended  
by adding at the end the following new  
subsection3  7d7  7#a7 ,for the purposes
 of section #aaaj of this title1 and    
subject to the provisions of section    
#aaac of this title1 a disease specified
 in paragraph 7#b7 of this subsection   

becoming manifest in a burn pit-exposed 
veteran shall be considered to have been
 incurred in or aggravated during active
 military1 naval1 or air service1       
notwithstanding that there is no record 
of evidence of such disease during a    
period of such service4  7#b7 ,the      
diseases referred to in paragraph 7#a7  
of this subsection are the following3   
7,a7 ,asthma4  7,b7 ,chronic bronchitis4
  7,c7 ,chronic obstructive pulmonary   
disease4  7,d7 ,constrictive            
bronchiolitis4  7,e7 ,emphysema4  7,f7  
,granulomatous disease4  7,g7           
,interstitial lung disease4  7,h7 ,lung 
cancer4  7,i7 ,pneumonia4  7#c7 ,for    
purposes of this subsection3 7,a7 ,the  
term burn pit-exposed veteran means a   
veteran who1 on or after ,january #a1   
#aiij1 served as a member of the ,armed 
,forces in support of a contingency     
operation and was based or stationed at 
a location where an open air burn pit   
was in use4  7,b7 ,the term open burn   
pit means an area of land located that--

 7i7 is designated by the ,secretary of 
,defense to be used for disposing solid 
waste by burning in the outdoor air2 and
  7ii7 does not contain a commercially  
manufactured incinerator or other       
equipment specifically designed and     
manufactured for the burning of solid   
waste4  7,c7 ,the term contingency      
operation has the meaning given that    
term in section #aja7;a77#ac7 of title  
#aj4  7,d7 ,the term solid waste has the
 meaning given such term in section     
#ajjd7bg7 of the ,solid ,waste ,disposal
 ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #fijc7bg774  4  7b7
 ,effective date ,the amendment made by 
subsection 7a7 shall take effect on the 
date that is #ahj days after the date of
 the enactment of this ,act4